St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-29
The Wisconsin Central Shops.

The largest thing in the real estate
way that has happened to st. Paul for
some time was the location of the Wis
conSin Central shops by the managers
of that road at North st. Paul last week
We are informed that the Central has
agreed to eXpend 100000 in buildingS,to to
have them ready in one years time, and
TO employ in one year 1000 men. The
North st. Paul Land company is push
ing things with the greatest YigOr. Over
100 lots were sold last week to people
who will build houses and live there.
The company is discouraging Specu-
lators from buying as much as
possible, to let people who want
homes get them as cheaply as
possible. Lots are selling from
$500 to $500. The hotel is rapidly going
up. thirty-tive men being engaged i'll its
construction, and about thirty houses
for dwellings are erected. North st.
Paul already begins to look like city,
and with the great vigor of the Land
company Is prosecuting its work. A
city of considerable magnitude will exist
there before the end of the summer. r.
II. Beach, of the Beach Manufacturing
company. has gone to New York to ar
range for the location of an electric
light plant that he is going to put in in
connection with his manufacturing buSi-
ness. The different manufacturers are
pushing their buildings along as rapidly
as possible. Mr.. Stone, of the Land
company. says that within thirty
brick factory buildings will be nearly
completed The motor trains are taking
out 500 people daily, and has had to add
another coach. The first kiln of brick
has been burned with perfectly satisfac-
torily results. Prominent builders of
st. Paul pronounce the brick far superior
to anything heretofore made in ST. Paul.
The brick burns red and is very hard.
while the best will be suitable for sewer
work. They are making arrangements
TO put IN an extension plant at North
st. Paul, and are negotiating with Wash
ingtOn parties with this end in view.
Mr.. Craig. of the National Press
Brick company, is expected to
arrive in a few days, when
arrangements will be completed
to put in the most improved brick plant
i'll the Northwest, which will turn out
100000 brick per day. The bed Of clay
is ineXhauStible, and there is enough in
sight to give supply for twenty years.
This brick is of vast importance to
North ST. Paul. and will result in max
ing brick instead of a frame town.
This brick will be sold at actual cost to
those building factories residences.
etc. With the low price with which
they will be able to manufacture brick,
the difference of cost between frame
building and brick will be immaterial.
This industry alone will give employ
ment to about sixty men.
New Developments.
There are rumors in the air to the
effect that great developments are likely
to occur in West st. Paul during this
summer and fall. Just what these de-
velopments will prove to be is the un-
certain quantity. The men that are
operating there are among the shrewd-
est and most energetic in the city.
These men are studying the topography
of the Sixth ward with a great degree of
intelligence and carefulneSS with
view of aScertaining what can be made
of out the country, and how 1t can be
most satisfactorily developed. The
plans of these operations extend even
dota also. All this country, from the
low lands in West st. Paul bordering
the west side of the river, up
to and including Mendoza. are very
bold, high and picturesque, and
susceptible of great development. The
views to be obtained from some of the
most elevated points are comprehensive,
sweeping and striking. On the other
hand. some of the territory, especially
that along Pickerel lake, is level. CON
venient to the river and to the railroads.
This renders this part of the territory
suitable for manufacturing purposes.
The plans of those who are looking this
territory over have not been made pub
lie. and there is no probability that they
ever will be. There is no doubt what
ever that roads are to be opened up on
the best grades that can be found. so
that thorOughfares like the Dodd road
will be interSected and communicated
with in such a way as to bring other
parts of this territory that are now al
most inaccessible, and for lack of roads
far away. into quicker and more easy
communication. Any one that will take
the trouble to ride over this country from
West st. Paul to Mendoza and back again
over the hills to Dakota avenue will be
able to obtain a general outline idea of
the topography and will be enabled to
see that it is capable of great develop
ment. That a plan is on foot to do some
thing of this kind there is no doubt. 1t
will be immensely expensive and may
take great number of years to carry
out the system of development deter
mined upon. 1t may appear to some
that the work is too StupendOuS to be un-
dertaken. but there are many who do
not hesitate to express the opinion that
West st. Paul, in a few years, will have
population nearly as large as that on
the north and east side of the river now
is. 1t is quite certain that great and nu-
merous energies are at work on that
side of the river and that syndicates
have been formed to put into landed
property over there immense sums of
money. There must be an object and
intelligent purpose in all this eXpendi-
ture Of money which must sooner or
later develop into something commen-
surate with the outlay.